Bahrain – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Bahraini crosses class borders to help torture victims https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2013/01/bahraini-crosses-class-borders-to-help-torture-victims/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:40:58 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=3171 As an upper-class Shia Muslim, Jihan Kazerooni was far removed from Bahrain’s Arab Spring revolution. But when she learned of human rights abuses in her country, she founded a rehabilitation group for torture victims.

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting provided a grant for Reese Erlich’s coverage of Bahrain. Listen to the report by Reese Ehrlich from Manama, Bahrain:

Bahraini crosses class borders to help torture victims

 

Jihan Kazerooni

Jihan Kazerooni ignores social and religious divides

]]> Peace through the arts in Bahrain https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/08/peace-through-the-arts-in-bahrain/ Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:16:34 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=2275 Since February 2011, the tiny country of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf has been plagued by sectarian divisions. But Wafa believes that reconciliation is possible – and one of the ways she is bringing people back together is with an art community she founded, called Malja.

Listen to the report by John Ridley:

Peace through the arts in Bahrain

Wafa

Wafa believes in the goodness of her fellow Bahrainis

Wafa playing soccer

Wafa plays on a women's soccer team

Wafa

Wafa define Malja as a conceptual art hub

Check out Wafa’s arts community, Malja, on Facebook.

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